Candlestick



(No Model.)

A. ROELOPS.

UANDLESTIGK.

No. 401,592. Patented Apr. 16, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANTHONY ROELOFS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CANDLESTICK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 401,592, dated April 16, 1889.

Application filed March 10, 1 888.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTHONY ROELOFs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Candlesticks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of candlesticks in which the candle-holder is elevated above the base or saucer, the object of my invention being to so construct a candlestick of this class as to insure the firm retention of the candle, to permit the ready discharge of stub ends from the holder, and to provide for the rigid support of the candleholder in its proper position above the base. These objects I attain in the manner hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a candle stick constructed in accordance with my in vention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same, and Fig. 3 is a plan View illustrating a modification of part of the invention.

The objection to a' candlestick having a closed socket for the reception of the candle is that said socket soon becomes filled with the stubs and melted grease, so that it is difficult to insert a fresh can dle into the socket, while on the other hand in those candlesticks in which the candle-holder is elevated above the base or saucer the holder is generally of such a flimsy character that it does not serve to properly retain the candle, the holder being either in the form of projecting arms or of a split socket, and, unless made of expensive material, being readily bent out of shape by the rough handling to which candlesticks are likely to be subjected. In carrying out my invention, therefore, I make the candle-holder in the form of a rigid tube, a, which is supported at the proper distance above the base or saucer b by means of inclined legs d, the upper ends of which are secured to the tube a, while their lower ends are adapted to indentations f in the base or saucer, and are secured therein by solder or other equivalent means.

As the tube a is rigid and unyielding, it would offer too much resistance to the entrance of the end of the candle if made in plain cylindrical form; hence I corrugate the tube, so that it forms anumber of internallyprojecting ribs, which, as the end of the candle is thrust down into the tube, indent or compress the material of which-the candle is Serial No. 266,870. (No model.)

made, and thus insure the firm retention of the candle in the tube. As a fresh candle is inserted into the tube from above, any stub end which may have been left in the tube is driven therefrom through the open lower end of said tube. The internal ribs may be gradually flattened as they approach the upper end of the tube, so as to form a flaring mouth as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, thus insuring the proper centering of the candle in respect to the tube and facilitating the indentation of the candle by the ribs as said candle,

is pushed down into the tube.

Instead of using a. corrugated tube, I may in some cases use a cylindrical tube, such as shown in Fig. 3, this tube being provided with internally projecting ribs of suitable character and being of a diameter as great as or greater than the diameter of the candle, the internally-projecting ribs serving to indent the candle as the latter is thrust into the tube.

The inclined legs, fitting at their lower ends into the indentations in the base of the candlestick, serve as rigid braces for the ele vated candle-holder and prevent the latter from being moved from its proper position by rough handling of the candlestick.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. The combination of the base of the candlestick, the legs projecting upward therefrom, and an elevated candle-holder mounted upon said legs, and consisting of a rigid tube having internal vertical ribs gradually flattened toward their upper ends, so as to form a flaring mouth for the holder, all substantially as specified.

2. The combination of the base of the candlestick, having indentations therein, with the elevated candle-holding tube having internal vertical ribs and supportingdegs therefor inclined outward from the tube to the base, and having their lower and outermost ends secured in the indentations in the base, thereby serving as rigid supports for the said can dle-holding tube, all substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANTHONY ROELOFS.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM D. CONNER, HARRY SMITH. 

